Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8496016
APP PUB NO 20110041879A1
SERIAL NO

12860567

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A cleaning apparatus includes: a supply unit to supply at least an initial amount of cleaning solution to a specific portion of an object to be cleaned; an agitator to induce agitation in the cleaning solution supplied to the object; a monitoring unit to monitor an amount of the cleaning solution and to provide a signal indicative thereof; and a control unit to detect a threshold amount of reduction in the cleaning solution based on the signal from the monitoring unit and accordingly to control the supply unit to supply an additional amount of cleaning solution to the specific portion of the object.

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FUJITSU LIMITED1-1 KAMIKODANAKA 4-CHOME NAKAHARA-KU KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA 2118588 ?2118588

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kasuga, Toshinori Kawasaki, JP 15 84
Nomura, Michinao Kawasaki, JP 21 128
Takeuchi, Mitsuo Kawasaki, JP 29 94
Tamura, Hiroaki Kawasaki, JP 55 460

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